Hi everybody.
I'm looking for a new battery for my laptop. Packard Bell EASYNOTE BG46-U-013D. I bought the laptop without a battery at my local computer store for a cheaper price, because they had lost the battery since the laptop was a demo in the store. I asked them if it was possible to order a new battery for the laptop, and so they tried. They said I should stop by them next Friday. And as said, as done. And they haven't got it yet. So this went on and on and on, so I figured I could order it by my self.
So, over to my question. What type of battery am I looking for? I have no experience with laptop batteries, and don't know how many cells it should be and so on.
The SN on the laptop is: 105812590388
Also, I live in Europe, in Scandinavia (or Norway, if you like). I don't know if that has any infect on my choice of battery.
I'll share my limited experience with you. Unfortunately as you don't have the battery it'll probably be quite a bit harder to identify. For mine the S/N for the battery is on the battery itself. What you could do is either lookup specs for your laptop online, take a look at the same model at a physical store, or search laptop battery websites by computer model.
The online battery market does seem pretty sketchy though and I don't 100% the compatibility of those lists with the models they say, I specifically looked up my S/N.
Traditionally most laptops use a 6-cell battery, while there are 9/12-cell batteries available out there, they will stick out the back of the laptop and extend the size of your laptop.
I ended up buying my 12-cell from ebay off the user batterystars (Store name is Star Batteries). You have to be careful about the cheap units from China though as it can be hit/miss with them. For me the discount was worth it, normally they run for 200$+ CAD here, I bought mine for 63$. It works well, but I do have some issues with it. I'm not sure if it's the BIOS or the battery, but my laptop has problems reading it correctly in both Linux and XP. I never have an accurate gauge for how much battery life is left because it charges like a normal 6-cell, and after about 2 1/2 hours of life it says it has 0% life left, and then it'll run another 2 1/2 hours. The only real issue with this is if the computer goes into standby or shutdown after it "thinks" the battery is dead, it won't start back up until you stick a charger back in it. I'm still trying to solve this problem
